Return from Russia immediately, US issues order after arrest of WSJ journalist

Russia’s main security agency FSB has arrested a reporter for the American newspaper ‘The Wall Street Journal’ on charges of espionage. Following this, US State Department Secretary Antony Blinken urged Americans living in Russia to leave the country “immediately”. Blinken said on Twitter that we are deeply concerned by Russia’s announcement that it has detained an American citizen journalist. The government’s top priority is the safety and security of American citizens abroad. If you are a US citizen or traveling in Russia please leave immediately.

The comments from the US State Department came after Ivan Gershkovich, an American reporter for the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), was arrested in Russia on charges of espionage, according to Al-Jazeera. “We are concerned about the widespread detention of an American citizen journalist by Russia,” Blinken said in a statement. We are in contact with The Wall Street Journal on this situation. Whenever an American citizen is detained overseas, we demand immediate consular access and intend to provide all appropriate assistance.

Let us inform that a journalist of ‘Wall Street Journal’ has been arrested in Russia on charges of espionage. Russia’s top security agency France gave this information. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), Ivan Gershkovich was detained on Thursday on the outskirts of Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. Gershkovich is the first correspondent for an American news organization to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War.